This booklet attempts to identify and discuss major challenges Nepal has faced in implementing the Constitution promulgated four years ago. It brings together experiences of Constitution Assembly members and a top bureaucrat actively involved in framing the present Constitution and discusses the challenges in moving ahead towards institutionalizing it. There are five articles in this booklet from renowned…
By Dhrubaraj BK “Without our Local Healthcare and Sanitation Act, the municipality could not have responded to the coronavirus emergency,” remarked a disaster management official in the Nepali city of Tikapur recently. Tikapur is located in the southwestern plains of Nepal, near the Indian border. As lockdowns in both countries prompted Nepali migrant workers to pick up and…
The Subnational Governance Program in Nepal (SNGP) (स्थानीय सरकार सबलीकरण काययक्रम) is implemented through a strategic partnership between the Australian Government’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and The Asia Foundation, in coordination with the Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration. SNGP aims is to promote an enabling environment for the development of strong, effective, and…
यो प्रतिवेदन दि एशिया फाउण्डेशनले स्थानीय शासन सबलीकरण कार्यक्रम अन्तर्गत राष्ट्रिय योजना आयोग, संघीय मामिला तथा सामान्य प्रशासन मन्त्रालय, प्रदेशका नीति र योजना आयोग, स्थानीय सरकार संघ/महासंघका साथै साझेदार नगरपालिकाहरुका बिच आयोजना गरेको एक उच्चस्तरीय छलफल कार्यक्रमको सारांश हो। १ मे, २०२० मा आयोजित उक्त छलफलको मुख्य उदेश्य अन्तरसरकार सम्बन्ध सुदृढीकरण गर्नका लागि साझा-मञ्च उपलब्ध गराउँदै आगामी वर्षको…
This is a summary note from a high-level discussion program hosted by DFAT-TAF Strategic Partnership on Subnational Governance amongst the National Planning Commission (NPC), Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration (MoFAGA), Provincial Policy and Planning Commissions of all seven provinces, three local government associations, and seven partner municipalities. Organized on 1 May, 2020, the main objective of…
Sagar Prasai Nepal’s 2015 earthquake took 9,000 lives in seconds. But beyond the immediate tragedy, the earthquake treated the economy rather gently. Yes, GDP growth in 2015–16 fell hard, to less than 1 percent, but in the next three years Nepal grew almost 7 percent per year. This year, too, Nepal was poised to exceed 6 percent. Minimum…
यो प्रतिवेदन दि एशिया फाउण्डेशनले स्थानीय शासन सबलीकरण कार्यक्रम संचालन गरिरहेका ७ वटै उपमहा/नगरपालिकाहरुका नगर प्रमुखहरु लगायत उपप्रमुख र प्रमुख प्रशासकीय अधिकृतहरुसँग मिति २०७७ साल बैशाख ८ मा गरेको भिडियो छलफलमा सहभागीहरुले राखेको विवरण तथा विचारहरुमा आधारित छ । बन्दाबन्दीका कारण स्थानीय सरकारका अत्यावश्यक बाहेक अन्य सेवाहरु बन्द भएर चालू आर्थिक वर्षको योजना कार्यान्वयन र आगामी वर्षको योजना…
This is a summary note from a virtual discussion program organized with municipal stakeholders to discuss impact of COVID on Local Governments’ Annual Plan Implementation and Next Year’s Planning. Organized on April 20, 2020, representative and officials (Mayor, Deputy Mayor and CAO) from seven partner municipalities participated in the discussion including the chairperson of Municipal Association in Nepal…
दि एशिया फाउण्डेशनले कोरोना भाईरस (कोभिड–१९) को विषयमा समय समयमा तपाईहरुलाई पठाई रहेका इमेलबाट सम्बन्धित सूचना प्रवाहित भइरहेको यहाँमा अवगतै छ । यस अवस्थामा हामी विश्वभर तिव्रतररुपमा फैली रहेको कोरोना भाईरसबाट सिर्जित प्रभावलाई नजिकबाट नियाल्नुका साथै निरन्तर अनुगमन गरी नै रहेका छौं । फाउण्डेशनले नेपाल सरकारको निर्देशन, सानफ्रान्सिस्को स्थित फाउण्डेशनको प्रधान कार्यालय र स्थानीय स्वास्थ्य संस्थाहरुसँगको समन्वय र…
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